AMSOIL, Exclusive Official Oil of CORR
Off-road series brings live NBC coverage to growing sport
 Championship Off Road Racing is proud to welcome AMSOIL as the Official Oil of the series through 2010. After several years of active sponsorship with high profile teams, AMSOIL has shown an active commitment to the growth of CORR.
“AMSOIL believes in the vision and ambition CORR has demonstrated over the past few years,” says AMSOIL Race Program Manager Jeremy Meyer. “They have the top competition, the best television package and the resources to push off road racing into an exceptional period of growth and excitement for years to come. Along with all of our corporately sponsored race teams, the addition of CORR boosts an already successful racing program.”
As the Official Oil of Championship Off Road Racing, AMSOIL will have increased visibility on the track and on both NBC and SPEED in 2008. In addition to sponsoring the series AMSOIL will be the primary sponsor on two Pro trucks, Scott Douglas’s Pro 4 and Mike Oberg’s Pro 2.
"We're excited to have AMSOIL on board as the Official Oil Sponsor of Championship Off Road Racing. The company's strong family values and rapid growth rate parallel those of CORR. We expect our relationship with AMSOIL to help strengthen CORR's national branding,” said Alex Striler, CORR Sponsorship Account Manager.
Championship Off Road Racing™ brings high action, four wheel motorsports including 2 wheel drive and 4 wheel drive trucks to the closed course off road arena. The 2008 Championship Off Road Racing’s race season includes eight events at tracks located in Los Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA and Primm, NV.
For more information on AMSOIL and CORR, go to: www.amsoil.com/corr/index.aspx
Canard, Windham and Grant at AMSOIL Sandbox Arena
Autograph session held prior to Minneapolis Supercross event
Coming off a win for the ages, Kevin Windham will be at the AMSOIL Sandbox Arena on Friday, March 14, 2008 to sign autographs alongside rookie supercross sensations Trey Canard and Josh Grant.
The AMSOIL teammates will be at the AMSOIL Sandbox Arena, the premier indoor motocross track in the Midwest on Friday, March 14. The AMSOIL sponsored team is in the Twin Cities for the March 15 AMA Supercross race at the Metrodome.
Windham and Canard are coming off impressive wins at the mud-soaked track in Daytona (see below). It was Windham's second win of the season and Canards third win in a row. For Canard, it was the third win of his career in just three races.
The autograph session will be held on Friday, March 14 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. More
information can be found at amsoil.com or AMSOIL Sandbox Arena.
Canard Two for Two in Rookie Season
Two straight for 17-year-old as Windham keeps pace in points race
AMA Supercross Round 11 – Indianapolis
The Torco Racing Fuels/AMSOIL/Honda squad continued its assault on the 2008 AMA Supercross Championships in Indianapolis the first weekend of March, as round nine of the 450cc series and round two of the Lites Eastern Region Championship saw the team once again up front at the end of the night.
 Lites Class
For the second week in a row rookie Trey Canard stole the show. The 17-year-old Canard grabbed the lead off the start, but lost it when defending champion Ryan Villopoto crashed while attempting a pass on him, causing Canard to fall momentarily as well and hand the lead over to Branden Jesseman.
It sounds amazing, but the one lap that Jesseman led before Canard retook the lead is the only lap in the first two races of the East Coast Lites series, (and in Canard’s SX career, including Heat races), that he hasn’t lead. Canard opened up his lead over Villopoto and Jessman and walked away with his second straight win.
 “I’m pumped,” Canard said. “It’s going really well so far. I’m trying to keep my head down and keep focused. I know it’s a seven-race series, and I want to be as prepared as I can possibly be. Mistakes happen, obviously, every now and then. I made probably 10 or 12 mistakes in that main event, but like I said, I just want to give it everything I’ve got every time I’m out there.”
Teammate Josh Grant’s night started well with the second fastest lap times in practice. That changed early in his heat race after he had a run-in with Ben Coisy. Grant was able to recoup and transferred into the main with a ninth place finish. Another crash in the main caused Grant to work his way from the back of the pack, eventually finishing 12th.
Supercross Class
 In the Supercross class, Kevin Windham was impressive all day. In his heat race, K-Dub chased Chad Reed throughout. With the pressure he was able to put on Reed throughout the race, Windham came into the main event full of confidence, and was looking for his second win of the season. After a start at the tail-end of the top five, Windham quickly went to work, passing his way through to third, and then going to work on Andrew Short for the second spot. However, the intensity with which he was going after the win as he watched Reed pull away from Short caused Windham to tighten up as they approached the middle of the race, and from there, he was powerless to continue to charge toward thefront and eventually finished fifth.
Team AMSOIL Sweeps Rain Soaked Daytona Supercross
Windham Wins in Wild Finish, Canard Takes 3rd Straight
AMA Supercross Round 10 – Daytona
The Torco Racing Fuels/AMSOIL/Honda supercross team made history at perhaps the muddiest, sloppiest race ever held, as team riders Kevin Windham and Trey Canard swept both classes, helping the team to become the first-ever non-factory team to sweep both classes in one night.
Supercross Class
 The Daytona Supercross is already known as the most demanding supercross of the season, and with heavy rains, it was turned from demanding to ridiculous. Windham got a decent start in the main event, fought through some mud, and then found himself in second by the end of the first lap, trailing points leader Chad Reed. Reed led the majority of the race, even though the inevitable mistakes under the conditions led to the lead swapping several of times.
Windham was forced to stop for new goggles a few laps in, temporarily giving second to Davi Millsaps. Windham regained the spot and on the last lap, just three turns from the finish, Reed’s Yamaha gave out and Windham splashed his way by to victory.
 "Daytona is a unique race. Just by the nature of the track it is by far the most brutal supercross that we run,” Windham said. “Tonight was definitely a race of different elements with the rain and whatnot, but it still lived up to the brutal Daytona deal. I think it was the most brutal race I have been in my entire life. I think the scorers lost track of who was leading, because I was in the back corner and the flames above the finish line went off. I was thinking Chad just won the Daytona Supercross. In the matter of one straightaway, it was the biggest emotional roller coaster I’ve ever been on in my entire life. I went from thinking I could salvage a second here, still have a couple turns to go, then, ‘Man, I’m going to win the Daytona Supercross.’ It was an emotional roller coaster for me. It was just an incredible race.”
Reed, Windham’s championship rival, was credited with sixth, but then penalized for cutting the track during the race, dropping him to seventh. As it turned out, even if his bike would have run to the finish, Windham would have won the race by virtue of Reed’s penalty.
Windham now sits only 23 points behind Reed in the championship with seven rounds left to run.
Lites Class
 In the Lites main event, it looked as if AMSOIL rider Josh Grant was going to come away with the holeshot, but he was forced wide in the first turn. Canard worked his way to the inside of the turn and came away with the lead.
Canard went on to lead every lap, despite falling once in the less-than-perfect race conditions.
“Coming into that race, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I just wanted to go out there and do the best that I could,” Canard said. “I did everything I could possibly do during the week, and I think I was as prepared as I could possibly be, so I could give it everything I had every lap out there.”
Grant’s bad luck continued. After he was forced wide in the first turn, he ended up cross-rutting off of a jump and got buried in a drainage ditch. Grant finished 19th.
With his win, Canard now maintains a perfect record on the season, winning every heat and main event he has competed in thus far. He has a 24-point lead in the Lites Eastern Regional Championship with four rounds left to run.
The team competes next in Minneapolis and the domed Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for the fourth round of the Lites Eastern Region championship and round 11 of the AMA Supercross Series.
Overall Results and Point Standings
AMSOIL Triple Crown Champion Decided
Eckre dubbed champ in finale
Round One – Garrison, Minn.
 Thanks to the AMSOIL Triple Crown series, DJ Ekre and Ryan Simons can both add more “firsts” to their racing resumes.
Simons took home the Pro 600 checked flag in the first running of the Hayward 300 presented by the LCO Casino in Hayward, Wis. While Ekre only finished fifth in the race, he was crowned as the inaugural champion of the AMSOIL Triple Crown series. Ekre had first place finishes in both the Mille Lacs 200 and the BIR 200 making a seventh place finish or better necessary to win the AMSOIL Triple Crown.
 “The track was fun,” said Ekre, “and the support of the fans and community for the first time event made it a blast for the racers and our team. We’re already talking about next year.”
All races of the AMSOIL Triple Crown driven by Polaris will be televised and featured on Sled Head 24/7.
(photo courtesy of Wayne Davis Photography)
Eckstrom, Martin Ready for Final Showdown
Two AMSOIL drivers top points race in WPSA
A double national will help decide the points championships in two pro classes this weekend as the World PowerSports Association heads to the Grand Finale in Lake Geneva, Wis.
Team AMSOIL heads into the weekend with the points leader in both classes after a wild weekend of racing in Brainerd, Minn. Heading into Brainerd, Team AMSOIL/Scheuring Speed Sports rider DJ Eckstrom held a 10 point lead in the Pro Super Stock class. After two rounds of racing and two tough crashes in the finals, Eckstrom now sits four points behind Team AMSOIL/Judnick Motorsports rider Ross Martin.
Martin is also the points leader in the Pro Open class after finishing with a pair of fourth place finishes in Brainerd. Eckstrom sits seventh in Pro Open while his teammate, Shaun Crapo moved into eighth after Brainerd. Crapo is seventh in the Pro Super Stock class.
Both teams will join the rest of the WPSA field in Lake Geneva starting on Friday, March 14. The Pro Super Stock class will run all day on Friday with one final Friday afternoon and the last Super Stock race on Saturday morning. Pro Open will begin on Saturday afternoon and finish on Sunday.
Corporate Race Booths Registration Open Online
AMA Motocross, AMSOIL Dirt Track Series and Loretta Lynn’s Area and Regional Qualifiers Open
AMSOIL is an Official Oil of the CORR, AMA Outdoor Nationals, The AMSOIL Dirt Track Series (WISSOTA) and the Presenting sponsor of Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Nationals. As part of the company’s agreement with each sanctioning body, AMSOIL is afforded free booth space at all of their events. In turn, AMSOIL offers this space to its Direct Jobbers at no charge. DJs may enlist the help of their downline Dealers to help work these events. DJs may apply electronically in the Dealer Zone for an event in their area they would like to work or contact the race department (raceevents@amsoil.com) for the schedules of events.
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